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Hyundai offering free Apple CarPlay and Android Auto updates

More upgrades coming soon, says Hyundai

May 27, 2016

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Hyundai is offering free Apple CarPlay and Android Auto upgrades for current customers. The software can be downloaded to a flash drive and uploaded to your 2015 Sonata with nav or Genesis with the 8-inch touchscreen. It’s also offered for the 2016 Sonata, Genesis, Elantra GT and Tucson with nav, and the 2017 Santa Fe Sport and Santa Fe, again with navigation.

CarPlay and Android Auto basically port your phone screen to the info screen in your car, which can then be used for navigation, music, podcast, texts and calls.

Owners need their VIN and a USB memory stick (or the SD card from their navigation) to get the upgrade at myhyundai.com, which has walkthrough instructions on the process. In the future, Hyundai says, owners will have access to do-it-yourself videos too, though we doubt this particular process is complicated enough to need that.

Almost anything with navigation can get the Apple or Android update.

The download takes one-three hours for most cars, though for some reason it only takes 15-30 minutes for 2016 Sonata, Elantra GT and the 2017 Santa Fe. Upload time is 20-40 minutes.

You can take it to the dealer to get this done, but they will charge you for labor.

Hyundai also says it will soon make an announcement about CarPlay and Android Auto for the Sonata Hybrid, Plug-in Hybrid, Veloster and Azera.